training!

[aac1100]

Anyone interested in combat training Please contact me at <[e-mail]> All new pilots please practice takeoffs and landings.

[AAC_Maj. Hubbabubba]

~S~All AAC member

With 1100 permission, I will hold little "seminars" on the art of CFOing, take-offs and landings.

We have noticed that it is a source of delay in games and, with all the other glitches, we think that some practice are in order to, at least, reduce these delays to a minimum.

Depending on your needs, we will study and practice;

- CFOing procedures;
- T/O in a single a/c;
- T/O in a formation of more than one a/c;
- Approach for landing;
- Specifics of each stock a/c;
- Touch n' go practice;
- Wheel (two points) landing;
- Three points landing;
- Dead stick landing;
- Emergency belly landing;
- Emergency on partially extended gears;
- Emergency on damaged a/c;
- Importance of wind in a landing;
- Night T/O and landings;
- Rolling (taxiing) and coming to a full stop.

The session would be limited to the aircraft and situations pilots usually have problem(s) with. No reasons to repair what's ain't broken?

AAC_Ripe is especially equipped with three-colors VASI, "flare zones", and "decision point markers" for that purpose. It can also be used for night practice as well.

You will need to have an aircraft equipped with radio COM1 at least to use the three-color VASI. smilo and I could give you the necessary panels if you don't have one. Just tell us in advance.

I will accept only 4 pilots at a time (I'm on dial-up), but I will go even if only one is interested. Saturdays morning are my best bet for these sessions but, if you have special needs, I will try to be as flexible as much as possible.

I know that many otherwise good pilots are rotten when it comes to landings. This is probably due to that dreaded "X" key in Missions and Campaigns modes.

So, don't be shy and post here with your AAC_handle, your specifics demands, and your availability for training.

I can't promise you will never crash again (in fact, I can't even promise I will never crash! ) but your percentage of successful take-offs and landings should improve.

[Minuteman]

~S~ Guys...Here are some basic rules to learn...found these on the 45th's forum...thanks Kawilder....

AVIATION 101

Takeoffs are optional............................. Landings are mandatory.
If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull the stick back they get smaller. (Unless you keep pulling the stick back --- then they get bigger again)
Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.
It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were down here.
The propeller is just a big fan in the front of the plane to keep the pilot cool. Want proof? Make it stop; then watch the pilot break out into a sweat.
Speed is life, altitude is life insurance............... No one has ever collided with the sky.
It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
Every one already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. But very few know the definition of a 'great landing.' It's one after which you can use the airplane another time.
The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.
Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands. Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.
Those who hoot with the owls by night should not fly with the eagles by day.
A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round and reciprocating parts going up and down - all of them trying to become random in motion. Helicopters can't really fly - they're just so ugly that the earth immediately repels them.
Young man, was that a landing or were we shot down?
Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.
Trust your captain .... but keep your seat belt securely fastened.
Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.
Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.
There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing: Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a copilot who once was a captain.
Be nice to your first officer, he may be your captain at your next airline.
It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation. All you have to do is start with a large fortune.
A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle.
Remember, you're always a student in an airplane.
Keep looking around; there's always something you've missed.
Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your takeoffs.
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold, pilots!
Gravity never loses -- the best you can hope for is a draw!

[AAC_Maj. Hubbabubba]

If you prefer to contact me directly by e-mail, my address is in my profile.

~S~ MM

Some good ones in the lot! Here's one more;

Flying instructor; "Those who are telling you that a good landing is one from which you can walk out are wrong."

Trainee; "Why Sir?"

Flying instructor; "Because if you wreck one of my kites, you better be running!"

[smilo]

every time I come in for a landing,
I envision the landing brackets at the Joint-Ops Training Base.
It might be a good Scenery to pass out.